- Community Home
- >
- Servers and Operating Systems
- >
- HPE ProLiant
- >
- ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL)
- >
- Re: DL380G3 SCSI drives blinking amber after succe...
Categories
Company
Local Language
Forums
Discussions
Forums
- Data Protection and Retention
- Entry Storage Systems
- Legacy
- Midrange and Enterprise Storage
- Storage Networking
- HPE Nimble Storage
Discussions
Discussions
Discussions
Forums
Forums
Discussions
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
- BladeSystem Infrastructure and Application Solutions
- Appliance Servers
- Alpha Servers
- BackOffice Products
- Internet Products
- HPE 9000 and HPE e3000 Servers
- Networking
- Netservers
- Secure OS Software for Linux
- Server Management (Insight Manager 7)
- Windows Server 2003
- Operating System - Tru64 Unix
- ProLiant Deployment and Provisioning
- Linux-Based Community / Regional
- Microsoft System Center Integration
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Discussion Boards
Community
Resources
Forums
Blogs
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Mark Topic as New
- Mark Topic as Read
- Float this Topic for Current User
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Printer Friendly Page
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
тАО11-28-2007 06:58 AM
тАО11-28-2007 06:58 AM
HPDL380G3 with all 6 drive bays populated with 73GB 10K SCSI drives. Server was working perfectly before a rebuild of the OS and a firmware update. I used the 7.91 Firmware update CD to bring everything current. The server was way behind on all firmware, so the update included BIOS, Array controller, all drives, and ILO. All firmware updates reported successful installs and the operating system (2003 Ent SP2) booted without issues. The problem is that drives 0,1,4,& 5 are blinking amber non-stop and the POST indicated imminent failure has been registered, but when going into the Array Controller utility, either in POST or in Windows, nothing is reported as bad.
I searched this forum and found nothing, so my apologies if this is a known issue that is already posted. Thanks for any help.
Solved! Go to Solution.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
тАО11-28-2007 07:03 AM
тАО11-28-2007 07:03 AM
Re: DL380G3 SCSI drives blinking amber after successful firware update
The amber blinking starts prior to the OS load, right after the Array Controller initializes.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
тАО11-28-2007 07:11 AM
тАО11-28-2007 07:11 AM
SolutionBlinking amber means predictive failure.
It does seem unusual that you'd have 4 bad disks in a single server, but that is an older system and we've lost 4-5 disks over the years on a couple of these systems.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
тАО11-28-2007 07:24 AM
тАО11-28-2007 07:24 AM
Re: DL380G3 SCSI drives blinking amber after successful firware update
Interestingly enough, it only showed errors on drives 4 and 5, not on 0 and 1. But all 4 are blinking amber.
I am trying to decide if I want to pull one at a time and let them rebuild? All six are in a single RAID 5 logical drive.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
тАО11-28-2007 09:30 AM
тАО11-28-2007 09:30 AM
Re: DL380G3 SCSI drives blinking amber after successful firware update
Thank you for the reminder on the SMH. Points awarded.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
тАО12-06-2007 08:13 AM
тАО12-06-2007 08:13 AM
Re: DL380G3 SCSI drives blinking amber after successful firware update
"On drives that repeatedly report URE on a Logical Block Address (LBA), the controller will mark the drive as imminent failure (blink amber LED on drives that misbehave due to excessive UREs)."
If this feature was added to the firmware of other SmartArray controllers, then it would explain why we are having numerous Ultra320 SCSI hard drives indicating "imminent failure" within 30 minutes of a 7.70 to 7.91 firmware updates.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Mute
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
тАО12-06-2007 09:14 AM
тАО12-06-2007 09:14 AM